Abstract
Pain is protective in stress fractures. Its presence usually signals to the trainee to decrease or halt training. This prevents a microstress fracture from progressing into a macrofracture. A case is presented in which an infantry recruit sustained a displaced femoral diaphyseal stress fracture which was totally asymptomatic until the bone broke in the middle of a run.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 37-39 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Military Medicine |
Volume | 171 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health